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This presentation discusses the environment, including natural and man-made environments. It defines the natural environment as non-living and living things that occur naturally without human involvement, including ecological units and universal resources. It also discusses the built environment where humans have changed landscapes. The document then explains the composition of the Earth, recognizing four spheres: the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Finally, it discusses how humans impact water through modifying rivers via dams and channelization, urbanization, and deforestation, which can affect lake levels, groundwater, pollution, and wildlife.

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This presentation discusses the environment, including natural and man-made environments. It defines the natural environment as non-living and living things that occur naturally without human involvement, including ecological units and universal resources. It also discusses the built environment where humans have changed landscapes. The document then explains the composition of the Earth, recognizing four spheres: the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Finally, it discusses how humans impact water through modifying rivers via dams and channelization, urbanization, and deforestation, which can affect lake levels, groundwater, pollution, and wildlife.

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WELCOME

RESPECTED

S I R/M A M
TODAY

I INTRODUCE MY
PRESENTATION

ON THE TOPIC OF
………
THE ENVIRONMENT
WHAT IS
ENVIRONMENT ???
• TYPES OF ENVIRONENT

NATURAL MAN-MADE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Natural environment means all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning not because of
humans. The universe is natural, but often the term "natural environment" only means nature on Earth.
Two aspects are usually included::
 Ecological units which are natural systems without much human interference. These include all
vegetation, microorganisms, soil, rocks, atmosphere, and natural events.
 Universal natural resources and physical phenomena which lack clear-cut boundaries. These include 
climate, air, water, energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism.
There is also the built environment. There, man has changed landscapes and natural environment to
make cities and agricultural land.
COMPOSITION
Earth science generally recognizes four
spheres, the lithosphere, the 
hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the 
biosphere[3] as correspondent to rocks, 
water, air, and life respectively. Some
scientists include as part of the spheres
of the Earth, the cryosphere
 (corresponding to ice) as a distinct
portion of the hydrosphere, as well as
the pedosphere (corresponding to soil)
as an active and intermixed sphere.

 Earth science (also known as geoscience, the geographical sciences or the Earth


Sciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth.[4]
 There are four major disciplines in earth sciences, namely geography, geology, 
geophysics and geodesy. These major disciplines use physics, chemistry, biology, 
chronology and mathematics to build a qualitative and quantitative understanding of
the principal areas or spheres of Earth.
WATER ON EARTH
OCEANS
 RIVERS
 LAKES AND PONDS
HUMAN IMPACT ON WATER
Humans impact the water in different ways such as modifying rivers (through dams
 and stream channelization), urbanization, and deforestation. These impact lake
levels, groundwater conditions, water pollution, thermal pollution, and 
marine pollution. Humans modify rivers by using direct channel manipulation.[11] We
build dams and reservoirs and manipulate the direction of the rivers and water path.
Dams can usefully create reservoirs and hydroelectric power. However, reservoirs
and dams may negatively impact the environment and wildlife. Dams stop fish
migration and the movement of organisms downstream. Urbanization affects the
environment because of deforestation and changing lake levels, groundwater
conditions, etc. Deforestation and urbanization go hand in hand. Deforestation may
cause flooding, declining stream flow, and changes in riverside vegetation. The
changing vegetation occurs because when trees cannot get adequate water they
start to deteriorate, leading to a decreased food supply for the wildlife in an area.[11]
 EXAMPLES

 BY POLLUTION  BY DEFORESTATION

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